Katerina Maleeva
Katerina Maleeva is a former top 10 Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA Tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA singles ranking was No. 6 in 1990.
Biography
Born in Sofia, Maleeva was the second oldest of the three children of Georgi Maleev and Yuliya Berberyan. Her mother came from an Armenian family, which found refuge in Bulgaria after the 1896 Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire, was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s. After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan started a coaching career. She was the coach of her three daughters, Katerina, Manuela and Magdalena, each of whom eventually became WTA top 10 players.Throughout her professional career, Maleeva has won a total of 11 WTA singles titles and two titles in doubles. In July 1990, she achieved her career-high ranking of 6th. She has a record of 369 singles wins and 210 losses. In 1994, she married Georgi Stoimenov. The couple have two children and currently live in Sofia.
Major finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 1 runner-up
WTA career finals
Singles: 20 (11–9)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 1 April 1985 | Seabrook Island, USA | Clay | Virginia Ruzici | 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 22 April 1985 | Orlando, USA | Clay | Martina Navratilova | 1–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 2. | 4 November 1985 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Carpet | Carina Karlsson | 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 13 April 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Barbara Gerken | 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 5 October 1987 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Julie Halard | 6–0, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 February 1988 | San Antonio, USA | Hard | Steffi Graf | 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 July 1988 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Steffi Graf | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 5. | 24 October 1988 | Indianapolis, USA | Hard | Zina Garrison | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 24 July 1989 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Sabine Hack | 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 4. | 31 July 1989 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Isabel Cueto | 2–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 7. | 16 October 1989 | Bayonne, France | Hard | Conchita Martínez | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 8. | 30 October 1989 | Indianapolis, USA | Hard | Raffaella Reggi | 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 26 March 1990 | Houston, USA | Clay | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–1, 1–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 16 April 1990 | Tampa, USA | Clay | Monica Seles | 1–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 30 July 1990 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Steffi Graf | 1–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 5 August 1991 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Jennifer Capriati | 2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 19 August 1991 | Washington, USA | Hard | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 10. | 11 November 1991 | Indianapolis, USA | Hard | Audra Keller | 7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 9. | 1 November 1993 | Quebec, Canada | Hard | Nathalie Tauziat | 4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 11. | 31 October 1994 | Quebec, Canada | Carpet | Brenda Schultz | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 10 (2–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 22 July 1985 | Indianapolis, USA | Clay | Manuela Maleeva | :fr:Penny Barg|Penny Barg Paula Smith | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 8 September 1986 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Manuela Maleeva | Bettina Bunge Steffi Graf | 1–6, 7–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 September 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Manuela Maleeva | Anne White Robin White | 1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 11 July 1988 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay | Raffaella Reggi | Mercedes Paz Tine Scheuer-Larsen | 6–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 August 1988 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Hard | Sabrina Goleš | Conchita Martínez Barbara Paulus | 6–1, 1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 24 July 1989 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Sabrina Goleš | Mercedes Paz Tine Scheuer-Larsen | 2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 3 February 1992 | Essen, Germany | Carpet | Barbara Rittner | Sabine Appelmans Claudia Porwik | 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 6. | 4 May 1992 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Barbara Rittner | Monica Seles Helena Suková | 1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1 November 1993 | Quebec, Canada | Hard | Nathalie Tauziat | Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 29 August 1994 | US Open | Hard | Robin White | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals: 3 (2–1)
Singles: 2 (1–1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 11 June 1984 | Lyon, France | Clay | Mercedes Paz | 7–6, 3–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 16 July 1984 | Cava Tirr, Italy | Clay | Laura Garrone | 1–6, 5–7 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 23 September 1985 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Manuela Maleeva | Yvona Brzáková Hana Fukárková | 6–1, 6–2 |
Fed Cup
Katerina Maleeva debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1984. Since then she has a 20–9 singles record and a 9–13 doubles record.Singles (20–9)
Doubles (9–13)
- RPO = Relegation Play-off
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
- NH = tournament not held.
- A = did not participate in the tournament.
- SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.